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01 August 2013

Winnie the Pooh Review and Giveaway

Recently I had the chance to review the rerelease of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, available on Blu-ray Combo Pack and HD digital on August 27th! We don't ever watch regular tv around here and we do stream movies occasionally or get them from the library, but it's been a long time since we watched Winnie the Pooh. I wondered how my kids would react since some are a bit older now.

I don't normally sit down and watch movies with them. That's their special time, and it's my special time to do anything without an interruption, unless it's a request for popcorn, of course. But I snuggled on the bed with them (most of them, at least, as Pearl and Olive were off at camp and Gammy's, so there was extra room on the bed.).

Drummer was feeling like a little black raincloud when we started the movie, just like Winnie the Pooh, so I snuck out to put him down for a nap. I wondered if Divine would even be interested since she's getting older, but she was glued to it the whole time.

As much fun as the action-packed, perfectly computerized animated movies are these days, I absolutely adored the scratchy, yet timeless animation of each of the Hundred Acre Woods characters. I told Ryan later that evening, I forgot how much I love Winnie the Pooh. He laughed and said that's what I said the last time we saw Winnie the Pooh (which I don't remember when it was, but it must be true if I said it twice, right?). I still felt sorry for poor little Eeyore, annoyed with Rabbit and how egocentric he is, in love with the friendship between all of them, and enchanted with the romance of it all.

Divine had an ah-ha moment in the middle of the movie when she realized for the first time that Piglet was a Pig. Wha? We both laughed about that one, and then brainstormed about what else she thought he might be. I also informed them that Piglet was a boy, another revelation to them. I love that I can tease her about things like that. This time I was especially drawn to the bee scene (remember when the bees are madly chasing Winnie the Pooh?) because I added two more supers (boxes of frames for the bees to build honeycomb) to my beehive this week, one for the queen to lay more eggs (=more bees!) and one just for honey (=to eat with warm bread!) and I didn't blame those bees one bit, guarding their honey ;).

I know it might seem a bit silly, but I'm glad this review came along and that I got to fall in love with Winnie the Pooh all over again. I'm still hanging onto the innocence of childhood for my kids, even though I know they are growing up. Watch this with your kids :).

To learn more about The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and the adventure, friendships, and imagination of the Hundred Acre Woods, you can visit the Disney website or Facebook page.

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150 comments:

Friendship, imagination and adventure are three main things that make up childhood, particularly the later too. As we age we drift from the magic of imagination and adventure. As a mom I love discovering them again through my children. Luckily friendship remain and seems to grow stronger through the years.

My boys adore Winnie the Pooh. My oldest is nearly seven, but it's the only movie he consistently wants to watch. We read the stories to him when he was younger, and I think the movies are a big comfort to him. I cried so often in the book.

I'm fortunate to have three boys. One of the things I love the most about that is they are natural friends. Totally different, and yet they share in their boy-ness. It's all about legos, sword fights, and superheroes. I'm always working on pushing their imaginations. We read a lot, I sew them dress up clothes (monsters, chickens, robots, superheroes, etc.), and we explore our very rural area. They're getting so independent of me, but definitely not each other.

Pooh has such a special place for me. I would just love to win. When I was born, my mother gave my then 2-year-old brother his own Pooh Bear to take care of while she took care of me. He diapered it, fed it, burped it, etc. for a year. When I had my daughter, my brother's first gift to her was a Pooh Bear of her own (he's still holding on to HIS Pooh Bear, 30-some years later).

so fun! Winnie the Pooh was one of Brooklyn's favorite first movies! It was my go to movie to distract her for a few minutes so I could jump in the shower. It has always been one of our family favorites!

I have one son, and he's younger than drummer by a bit, so we're just beginning with friendship and imagination. I find that the more freedom I give him (within reason) to explore our home, the better. Ice cream buckets are bowls, buckets, chairs, and hats around here. And it's pretty fun to laugh with him while he experiments. :)

I want my son to have every opportunity to stretch his imagination. It can be so hard to do that with a lot of the toys today that are all bells and whistles. We have been working to simplify our toy collection and keep only the things that often open-ended play and lots of room for imagination. (And we love Winnie the Pooh!)

My children make their own adventures every day -- well, six brothers, so can you be surprised? They make forts everywhere, climb anything, hold regular club meetings, and build great cities with their legos. I love watching them work and play together.

My son absolutely loved Winnie the Pooh when he was growing up. When he was 5 and we were redoing his room he insisted that the wallpaper be Winnie the Pooh. We told him he might not like that in a couple of years, but he insisted. Now I have a two year old grandson and all of my Winnie the Pooh is on VHS which we can't play anymore. I would love to introduce my grandson to Winnie the Pooh. I like to think that the Disney movies and the Milne books helped to create the gentle soul that my son has. He had the Shepherd style stuffed animals and went on many "expotitions" with them. Such sweet stories. My son is giving my grandson the set of Milne books for his 3rd birthday but I think he is ready for the movies now. Thank you for the chance

I have 5 boys and one little girl ranging from 18 months to 11 years old. We too don't have TV at our house but we love to sit down for a good movie on the weekends. I am amazed that all my kids love Winnie the Pooh. When I turn it on for my youngest 3, all of the clan gathers around. There is something about these Pooh's good friends and their tenderness for each other that all of my kids are drawn to. All of them have that kind of friendship in each other and the older ones are starting to realize the importance of their true friends, where ever they me be found. I am so grateful for movies like Winnie the Pooh that can touch these kids lives without in your face comments and action but rather heart tugging songs and relationships.

My 20-month old girl is starting to show her imagination. She has been sharing her food and drink with her stuffed duck (her constant companion)... She will pretend to eat her play food and pretend to drink out of her stacking cups. It is so fun to see! I can't wait to see how her imagination develops ;)Natalie (QSOgirl at yahoo dot com)

My 13 year old will still watch Winnie the Pooh (all in the name of watching with her little sister, but we all know she loves it too). I still adore Pooh bear (and Tigger too, of course).*sigh*This would be wonderful to win!~Michelle

We had a Winnie-The-Pooh themed birthday party when my son turned one. I love the innocence of this story and all of the lessons it teaches! Thanks for the reminder to embrace that. I'm going to pull out the books tomorrow!

I haven't seen it forever ,my baby is 22 but just reading about Winnie the Pooh I can hear "Oh bother" in my head and am remembering how they all helped each other with their problems ....so true of good friends,! I have a grandson who is 18 months old I need to introduce him to Pooh nad his pals!! laurakam at iowatelecom dot net

I love listening to my kids play together and use their imaginations. They are so creative, compassionate and happy during those times together. I love that winnie-the-pooh teaches all the wonderful virtues that I want my kids to have. :)

Every kid needs a buddy. Someone to learn and play with. When I think back on my own childhood most of my memories involve my best girl friends. I know my son will have similar memories as he grows with his friends.

I totally added this to our amazon wishlist when I saw that it was coming out. The old pooh stuff appeals to me a lot more than the newer. It's all so sweet and quirky. AA Milne stories are one of the options we have for Clover on an iPod that we let her listen to audio books on after we put her to bed. This probably explains in part some of the random british accents she throws into conversation sometimes.....

friendship, imagination and adventure are important because you need to escape and explore in your mind it helps you grow and be creative and it makes life that more interesting and everything is better with a friend

I love this post! And I love Winnie the Pooh too! I've been waiting since I've had my boys for this to come out again. They loved the new one and I'm hoping we can have a movie night like yours soon with the original.

Friendship is important to have support in life and people to share the happy moments with and building relationships is important for careers. As for imagination? What would a grand adventure be without one? All are very important tools for a child to grow and prosper! :)

Through friendship, children learn tolerance, compassion, and social interaction. Playing together inspires imagination, and that increases thinking power. So yes, it's all very important to a child's development.

I think it’s very important, when your young, friendships come and go, if your lucky, you’ll still have a few of those connections as lifelong friends!!! Life without adventure would almost have no meaning, especially for a child!rjwashington2000 at yahoo dot com

oh Winnie the pooh, he goes everywhere with us. his head has been sewn on twice. all the neighbors know my little boy by his pooh, carried with in one arm every day. pooh is a loyal trusted friend around here, oh so loved, teaching him comfort, love and loyalty. and of course adventure, pretending and exploring - a partner to it all. someday when he grows up that ol' pooh with sit on a shelf near & dear to my heart, a reminder; a thinking spot. would love the movies - can't ever watch them enough. glad I tuned in to your blog early this morning :)

Friendship, imagination and adventure are three main things that make up childhood, particularly the later too. As we age we drift from the magic of imagination and adventure. As a mom I love discovering them again through my children. Luckily friendship remain and seems to grow stronger through the years.

My four year is recently learning the value of friendship and its wonderful to see his development, he has a huge imagination and we try to enhance it at every opportunity. My two year old is the one with all the sense of adventure!

Imagination is so important to encourage it helps a child grow and be creative. I really think it helps them believe they can do anything. My kids and I have tea partys, and such are favorite is pretending to be a vet.

Friendship is the lodestone in our lives. Creativity and a sense of adventure can spark a child to perform better in school, become more confidant, problem solve - and lead to an amazing adulthood.adrianecoros(at)gmail(dot)com

Friendship, adventure, and imagination are all important aspects in a children's life. They grow emotionally and mentally and it let's them be who they are and discover themselves. It gives them skills they will need in their adult lives. I love sitting and just watching my kids use their imaginations!

I find that E. behaves and listens better after he’s had some socialization with kids his age. He’s an only child so that isn’t as frequent as for other kiddos, so we try to get as much peer interaction as possible for the little guy.

Without friendship, there is no socialization. Without imagination, there can be no creativity. Without adventure, there can be no life experiences. I would say without these three factors, there can be no true childhood.Angie14earth at gmail dot com

I truly believe that friendship, imagination and adventure are of the utmost importance in our child's life. They help with growth and maturity and help keep life fun and exciting.susansmoaks at gmail dot com

Friendship, imagination and adventure are the most important things in my sons' lives. Watching them dream up backyard adventures with their friends not only means they are building upon their social and creative skills, but more importantly enjoying their childhood years (which go by way too quickly)

Friendship and imagination go hand in hand while a child! I loved playing games with my friends as a kid where we would pretend we were different people and imagine entire worlds together. It was amazing what we could do when we imagined as friends--much more than if I was alone!

Friendship, imagination and adventure are the three best things when you're a child. Friendship for when you're feeling lonely. Imagination for when you're feeling bored. Adventure for when you're feeling a little..well, adventurous! ;)